The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working on revising the regulations related to the use of terms such as ‘healthy’ on food labels by manufacturers. The FDA has completed collecting inputs on how it should define ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $4.7m grants for food safety education, training, and technical assistance projects, which will enable farmers and small food processors, vegetable and fruit merchants and others to ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has given green signal for folic acid fortification of corn masa flour. The approval will allow manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, making ...
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Anchor Packaging, in partnership with Metaphase, has launched Safe Pinch, a new line of tamper-evident food containers to meet the growing demand for to-go packaging. Jointly developed over a 2-year period, the Safe Pinch packaging is ...
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Flowers Foods is voluntarily recalling Cobblestone Bread Co. Wheat English Muffins with the UPC # 0 72250 01316 1 and best by dates of October 28, 2015 through April 10, 2016 because they contain undeclared milk. People who have allergies ...
US-based company Bumble Bee Foods has issued a voluntary recall of more than 31,579 tuna products over contamination issues. The company has cited "process deviations" to have occurred in a co-pack facility which is not owned or ...
Tags: Bumble Bee Foods, Voluntary recall, Tuna products, Contamination issues
Can-Fite BioPharma has submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) a protocol design for its Phase III trial and Registration Plan for the Company's lead compound CF101 in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis following a ...
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New research analysing the alcohol consumption habits of more than 100,000 Australians over a decade has found that regular binge drinkers are up to 30 per cent more likely to commit drink-driving offences, vandalism or violence. ...
Tags: Regular drinkers, Drink-driving, NDSHS, Monash university
Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are reporting that the first of two proposed bills to ban powdered alcohol in California has been passed by the powerful California Senate Governmental Organization (GO) ...
Tags: Powdered Alcohol, CAPA, GO, SB819
Nestle USA has recalled around three million boxes of DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine, and Stouffer’s products saying they might contain glass pieces. The company said that the source of glass could be spinach which was a common ...
A 23-year-old Chinese national has been arrested and charged in relation to the alleged importation of approximately 44 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine hidden in gel push-up bra inserts. On 25 February 2016, Australian Border Force ...
Gratify Foods, the maker of certified gluten-free snacks, has announced release of two new products: Hummus Crackers and Hummus Pretzels. Gratify will unveil the new products at Natural Products Expo West this week. Hummus has exploded in ...
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The US Senate Agricultural Committee has passed a bill which paves the way for a single national labeling law for food made with genetically engineered ingredients, while doing away with state by state labeling. With this bill, which ...
Dark chocolate energy supplement Energems is now available in select Walmart stores across the US in Mint and Dark Chocolate flavors. "We're excited to partner with an American staple like Walmart," said General Manager of Energems, ...
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Police in eastern China have busted a sizable drug-trafficking network in multiple raids across Zhejiang and several other provinces, involving a large number of college students and teachers. Ye Wangqing is the deputy director of the ...